78 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



margins of the eyes and including the area of the ocelli, and 

 the hind margins to the eyes ; pronotum with the anterior 

 and subposterior margins, a central longitudinal fascia, and 

 the fissures ; mesonotum with four obconical spots, the two 

 central ones of which are smallest and the two lateral ones 

 largest, and a large cruciform spot in front of the cruciform 

 elevation, black ; abdomen above black, the posterior seg- 

 mental margins narrowly ochraceous ; head beneath and 

 sternum ochraceous, with black markings ; a transverse 

 fascia between the eyes crossing upper area of face, central 

 sulcation to face, lateral areas of clypeus, and base of pro- 

 sternum black ; opercula and abdomen beneath piceous, the 

 posterior segmental margins ochraceous ; tegmina semi- 

 hyaline, talc-like, basal area (including basal cell), an oblique 

 fascia at about one-fourth from base, a more curved fascia 

 near middle, a short inwardly oblique fascia before apex, and 

 a double series of small obscure spots near the apices of 

 longitudinal veins to apical areas pitchy black ; wings 

 fulvous, the veins on posterior area and a broad outer 

 margin not reaching the outer membrane, black ; rostrum 

 with its apex piceous and slightly passing the posterior 

 coxae; opercula slightly extending beyond anterior margin 

 of basal abdominal segment at its lateral angles, lateral 

 and posterior margins oblique, their interior angles rather 

 strongly overlapping ; face broadly, centrally, longitudinally 

 sulcate, the lateral areas strongly transversely striate. 



Long., excl. tegm., <$ 23, ? 19 mm. ; exp. tegm., £ 70, 

 $ 65 mm. 



Hah. Belgian Congo Region, Kalengwe and Sankisia {Dr. 

 Bequaert, Congo and Brit. Muss.). 



Allied to P. severini, Dist., and P. laticeps, Karsch. 



Var. — Resembling typical P. schoutedeni, but differing 

 principally in the coloration of the wings, in which the black 

 outer margin is much broader, the base also of the same 

 colour, thus restricting the fulvous coloration to a quad- 

 rangular discal spot ; the tegmina have the spots near the 

 apices of longitudinal veins to apical areas larger and more 

 distinct. 



Brit. Centr. Africa ; Zomba (H. S. Stannus, Brit. Mus.). 



Platypleura seraphina. 

 Platypleura seraphina, Dist. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1905, p. 193. 



I described this species from a specimen received from 

 French Guinea, the type of which is in the Paris Museum. 

 The British Museum now possesses a specimen taken in 

 Uganda (Polebek) by Mr. W. P. Lowe. 



